Mechatronics engineering combines mechanical engineering, computing and electronics to create functional smart products. You will acquire skills, knowledge and experience in electrical systems; mechanics; systems engineering; sensors and artificial perception; thermo-fluids and power systems; analogue electronics; robotics; control systems; and manufacturing.
Undergraduate
Commencement year
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2017 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook.
Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the component of any bachelors double degrees.
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Contact details
EngineeringEngineering (http://www.monash.edu/engineering/about-us/contact-us)
Units
Levels 2, 3 and 4
Parts C, D. Mechatronics engineering knowledge, application and practice (108 points)
Students complete:
- ECE2071 Computer organisation and programming
- ECE2131 Electrical circuits
- ECE3161 Analogue electronics
- ENG2005 Advanced engineering mathematics
- MEC2402 Engineering design I
- MEC4418 Control systems
- TRC2001 Introduction to systems engineering
- TRC2201 Mechanics
- TRC3000 Mechatronics project II
- TRC3200 Dynamical systems
- TRC3500 Sensors and artificial perception
- TRC3600 Modelling and control
- TRC3802 Thermo-fluids and power systems
- TRC4000 Mechatronics final year project I
- TRC4001 Mechatronics final year project II
- TRC4002 Professional practice
- TRC4800 Robotics
- TRC4902 Mechatronics and manufacturing
Part E. Elective study (36 points)
Single degree students complete a. and b. below:
- 12 points of electives at level 2 or 3 from one of the following options:
- the remaining two units required to complete an engineering-approved minorengineering-approved minor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/eng-beng-approved-minors.html) from another faculty (if the first two units in the minor were completed at level 1)
- level 2 or 3 units from the list of technical electives below
- other electives chosen in consultation the course adviser
- 24 points of level 3 and 4 units from the list of technical electives below
For students completing a double degree, some units required for the partner degree are credited as electives towards this degree.
Mechatronics engineering technical electives
Clayton only
- ENG4700 Engineering technology for biomedical imaging and sensing
- MEC5881 Engineering systems performance analysis*
- MEC5882 Instrumentation, sensing and monitoring*
- MEC5883 Mechanical systems design*
- MEC5884 Sustainable engineering systems*
- MTE3545 Functional materials and devices
Malaysia only
- ECE5885 Energy efficient lighting*
- MEC4416 Momentum, energy and mass transport in engineering systems
- MEC4417 Refrigeration and air-conditioning
- MEC4801 Non-destructive testing and inspection
- MEC4802 Sustainable engineering and design with nanomaterials
- MEC5886 Sustainable energy technologies*
Clayton and Malaysia
- ECE2072 Digital systems
- ECE4112 Signal processing
- ECE4162 Electronic system design
- ECE4174 Computer vision and robotics
- ECE4181 Biomedical engineering
- ECE5886 Smart grids*
- MAE2405 Aircraft performance
- MEC2407 Electromechanics
- MEC3416 Engineering design II
- MEC3459 Materials selection for engineering design
- MEC4425 Micro/nano solid and fluid mechanics
- MEC4426 Computer-aided design
- MEC4428 Advanced dynamics
- MEC4444 Industrial noise and control
- MEC4446 Composite structures
- MEC5885 Energy conservation and management*
* Students must obtain an honours weighted average (HWA) of 70 per cent or above at the conclusion of level 3 and be in their final year to enrol in these units.
Relevant courses
Bachelors
Single degrees
Successful completion of this undergraduate specialisation can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the following single degree:
- E3001 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Students in other single bachelor's degrees are not eligible to complete this specialisation.
Double degrees
Successful completion of this undergraduate specialisation can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) component in the following double degrees: